 Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3801849Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1895 - 688 pages
...and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the et.st- 765 ward. They, too, swerved from their course; and, entering...direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous houghs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid- 770 air Waved like banners that... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1896 - 392 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. 76S They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in midair ™ Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course; and entering...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1896 - 548 pages
...Longfellow. All lovers of " Evangeline " will understand the reference. It was right at this place that They, too, swerved from their course, and, entering...every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenehrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1896 - 572 pages
...this place that They, too, swerved from their course, and, entering ihe Bayou of Ptaqueminc, S'ton were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters,...net-work of steel, extended in every direction. Over tSeir heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 380 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering...were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, AVhich, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous... | |
 | Calvin Patterson - 1897 - 204 pages
...brous lithe rus' tic ca the' drals an' cient se' crets la' dy like mys' ter y Pa' tience mur' mur ing Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. — Longfellow. The Birch,... | |
 | William H. Chenery - 1898 - 472 pages
...is intersected, that I quote it in this connection : 'They . . . entering the Bayou of Plaquemine2 Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters,...heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901 - 472 pages
...curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ' and, entering the Bayou 0, Plaquemine, Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air, Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901 - 488 pages
...the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course -| and, entering the Bayou 01 Plaquemine, Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air, Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
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